Month: July 2011

  • STOCKTON: Bike-a-thon to benefit Lambertville Food Pantry

       STOCKTON — An event to help raise funds for the Lambertville Food Pantry will be held Aug. 7.    The Stockton Presbyterian Church is hosting the third annual Stockton Bike-a-thon, which will begin at 3 p.m.    ”We will leave from the Stockton Presbyterian Church parking lot,” said a spokesman.    Participants will ride along the towpath from…

  • PRINCETON: Tax bill extension OK’d

       Borough taxpayers have until Sept. 1 to pay their third quarter taxes with an extension agreed upon by the Borough Council on Tuesday night.    Delays from the state have caused the borough to be late in mailing the bills. The state has been late certifying municipal levies to the county, which has caused a delay…

  • MONTGOMERY: PSE&G sets electrical upgrade

       MONTGOMERY — PSE&G is planning to improve the electrical infrastructure in the Montgomery Township area.    The initial phase included new supply circuits into the area that was completed in November 2010.    The next phase of the project is to convert two customer-owned substations in the area of the new supply lines by the end of…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Deadline to replace Medina nears

    By Birgitta Wolfe, Managing Editor    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Democratic Municipal Committee has 15 days from Aug. 1 to come up with three nominees to serve out the remaining term of Township Committeeman Jason Medina, who resigned as of July 31.    Jim Cann, the Democratic Municipal Committee chairman, said, “I will probably be one of…

  • Louis De Lauro, Founder of Juggling Life, Passes Baton to Youngsters at MCCC’s Camp College

    Louis De Lauro, Founder of Juggling Life, Passes Baton to Youngsters at MCCC’s Camp College

    From left, Victoria Zangrilli, Max Irvin, Madison Roberts, Sean Wright (back), Luke Watson, Brittney Signore and Matthew Jean-Mary (back).

  • Mercer chamber supports Transit Village ordinance

    Robert D. Prunetti, President & CEO, Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce To the editor: A few weeks ago the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce submitted a letter of support for the agreement reached between the West Windsor Township Administration and InterCap Holdings, the developer of the Transit Village/Affordable Housing Project.    It was also approved by…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Pilot’s condition improves

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Pilot’s condition improves

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    Helicopter pilot Edmund Eilbacher of Hillsborough is recovering from a commercial helicopter crash in South Brunswick on July 20.    His condition has been upgraded to stable, said his sister, Catherine, at the family farm on Wertsville Road on Tuesday morning. Mr. Eilbacher, 27, had suffered broken vertebrae and ribs,…

  • PRINCETON: Joint boards vote for $6.37 million stainless steel pool

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A new $6.37 million stainless steel pool will be installed at the Community Park Pool complex this fall, at a cost of $1.5 million more than a concrete pool recommended by the Recreation Board.    The governing bodies of the Princetons made the decision at a special joint meeting on Monday…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Funding for Pennytown planning gets OK

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    A $250,000 bond ordinance that will pay for the preliminary planning needed to produce a formal development proposal for a new village — centered around the 25-acre Pennytown tract — was adopted by the Hopewell Township Committee Monday night.    There was no public comment on the measure before the adoption…